''There Goes the Neighborhood'' is a political podcast about gentrification.

Background

Season one of the podcast focuses on the city of Brooklyn and is a collaboration between

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and

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. Season two of the podcast focuses on Los Angeles and is a collaboration between WNYC Studios and

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. Season three focuses on the city of Miami and is a collaboration between WNYC Studios and WLRN. The podcast discusses the politics and economics of

gentrification Gentrification is the process of changing the character of a neighborhood through the influx of more Wealth, affluent residents and businesses. It is a common and controversial topic in urban politics and urban planning, planning. Gentrification ...

as well as

systemic racism Institutional racism, also known as systemic racism, is a form of racism that is embedded in the laws and regulations of a society or an organization. It manifests as discrimination in areas such as criminal justice, employment, housing, healt ...

and

white flight White flight or white exodus is the sudden or gradual large-scale migration of white people from areas becoming more racially or ethnoculturally diverse. Starting in the 1950s and 1960s, the terms became popular in the United States. They refer ...

. Part way through the production of the podcast co-host Rebecca Carroll learned from her landlords that her home was being torn down and rebuilt.

Reception

The podcast was on ''

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''s list of "The 50 Best Podcasts of 2016".

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2016 podcast debuts 2019 podcast endings History podcasts Political podcasts Gentrification in the United States American podcasts {{Podcasting-stub